Election Name: | 2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont, At-large district |
Country: | Vermont |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2006 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont |
Previous Year: | 2006 |
Next Election: | 2010 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont |
Next Year: | 2010 |
Election Date: | November 4, 2008 |
Nominee1: | Peter Welch |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 243,203 |
Percentage1: | 83.3% |
Representative At-large | |
Before Election: | Peter Welch |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Peter Welch |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Alliance1: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 4, 2008, and determined who represents the state of Vermont in the United States House of Representatives. Democratic Congressman Peter Welch decided to run for a second term in Congress. In an aberration for a freshman member of Congress, Welch encountered no major-party opposition and received the Republican nomination based on write-in votes in their primary.[1] Welch defeated a series of independent candidates with ease and represented Vermont in the 111th Congress.